Travel Blogs from Vernazza, Italy

... first part of it was uphill and I guess this was much more pleasant than having full sun pelting your faces..
Coming down into Vernazza and seeing the town from above was beautiful. It is the only town of the 5 to have its own cove and the ...

... well.
- We then caught the train to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre, or the "5 lands"... which is basically 5 towns along the coast. Vernazza is the 4th town and is composed of one main street and a harbour. It's pretty quite there, until a large group ...

<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)>
- Since we had walked all 5 towns already, which is the one and only highlight of things to do here, we had nothing to do today but rest. Ended up sitting around ...

... with her. We then made our way back through three more of the towns, missing out Corniglia. Neither of us fancied the nearly 400 steps to get to the town! It's the most beautiful place. My favourite was Vernazza but, obviously, Monterosso is ...

... to Riomaggiore, the southern most of the five villages. After having a wander there, we decided to catch the ferry back to Vernazza. Boarding the ferry was an experience, with the gangplank extended from the front of the boat onto the super-small concrete ...

Hey everybody, we got everybodys message that posted. We are in the cinque terra right now in vernazza. We still cannot upload any pictures because these are small towns and don not have internet cafes with windows xp. When we get to florence I will ...

... quite refreshing and much more interesting than i would have thought. Although we also spent a couple of nights in Riomaggorie and visited pretty much all the villages around the area, our favourite town was Vernazza. It has a castle! Onto the ...

... want to swim, Monterosso has a beach, but being from Florida, I won't touch water colder than 78F. And this was colder, at least in May! I also recommend climbing the Castello Doria in Vernazza. I climbed it in the afternoon and the view was ...

... part of the mountainous Italian Rivera and consists of five very small towns: Riomaggiore (Town #1), Manarola (#2), Corniglia (#3), Vernazza (#4), and Monterosso (#5). The towns are directly connected by train, hiking trails and the sea – ...

... at! After the hike, I'm informed that it's easier the other directions as most of its downhil! Ughhh. I stop and have lunch him Vernazza... On the water. I had the lasagna ... Which was pretty good. I explored the town for a bit and headed back to ...

... with anyone who went to Auburn. It made his night complete. The weather was perfect as it had been all three days and we were a little melancholy about having to leave this magical place in the morning. Arrivederci, Vernazza! We will return some ...

We have just spent 4 days relaxing and enjoying the Italian riviera. We did 2 hiking days. Vernazza to Monterosso (the best views I think)and Vernazza to corniglia all the other tracks were closed, so we just visited manarola and Riomaggiore by train. ...

... hiking down the most picturesque portion of the hike. Don't take that statement lightly though because the trail to get to Vernazza from Corniglia is both an uphill and a downhill battle, but mostly its uphill. This town was easily my favorite for ...

... , so I won't extrapolate on all of that, however we still had a pretty good time. The hike to between Monterosso and Vernazza is definitely a bit better if you head from Vernazza, as the path right next to Monterosso is quite steep and much more fun to ...

Woke up early this morning with the intention of catching the early train to Vernazza. We made the vaparetto no problem, but there was some kind of rowing competition going on that slowed the bus down and we missed the train. We caught the next one that ...

... ) to the fourth town (Vernazza). Like the day before it was a difficult, hilly hike and took about 1 1/2 hours. When we arrived at Vernazza we grabbed some pizza and hung out at a nearby beach for a while. Right off the shore of the beach there was a ...

Ciao, Everyone!
Narri and I got into the Cinque Terre on Wednesday, and have yet to leave. We have had beautiful, sunshiny weather the past three days. Alas, our luck may have run out because today is overcast, without a hint of sun -- but the day ...

... heading to dinner at 9 at Il Gambero Rosso. For appetizers, Mark had an octopus salad and I had the Tegame alla Vernazza, anchovy fillets stewed with slices of yellow potato and tomatoes, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with parsley. Yummy! We ...

... train from La Spezia Centrale and rode to Vernazza with her. After the hustle and bustle of Venice, the little fishing town of Vernazza was breathtaking in a subtle way. We were spending our first night at Gianni Franzi Camere in a room high above a ...

We were going to pick grapes but the huge storm started about 4:00 a.m. We were rained out so we took the train to Riamiagiore and went shopping. We talked to Stephanie and Ivo about the weather tomorrow and they said maybe so we decided to cancel ...

... He hates advertising where he ash been normally. The only thing he bought himself until now are can openers.
The hike to Vernazza (town #4 if your still counting!) was longer and harder. It took us about an hour and a half. Hartley and I are ...

... It was very touristy, so we just did some wine tasting and shopping around. Then we took a hike back down to our town, Vernazza. It was a GRUELING hike, very steep and dangerous, without a well defined pathway...very narrow as well, but the pics that we ...

... ingredients for dinner. We made a gourmet pasta dish (thanks to Aaron for doing all the chopping) and watched the sun set over Vernazza. It was stunning! During the daytime in Vernazza, it is bustling with tourists. Then, around 5pm or 6pm, all the people ...

... after finding food, and spending the morning changing brake pads and getting our brakes bled we left after lunch time! We arrived at Vernazza which is one of the towns in the Cinque Terre national park. The town is on the coast surrounded by mountains ...

... and taking about 20 pictures for everyone else, all of us continued on to the city. There was a helicopter delivering things to Vernazza, though I never figured out what that was all about. As we approached the town, the view of the pier was magnificent. ...

Vendemmia at the home of Ivo and Stephanie.. catch the bus with Ivo's Momma and Uncle at 7:00am arrive via mountain roads with barely enough room for another car or person to pass by. Up the mountain towards Corniglia arrive at 7:30am. The land is ...

MONDAY - May 20th
Today John and I traveled by train from Interlaken to Vernazza (Cinque Terre), Italy. Upon border crossing, Italian customs officials decided to check our bags. They pulled out every piece of clothing, opened up every container, ...

In New Zealand I had booked train tickets for a longish dayś visit to the Cinque Terre (or Five Lands), picturesque villages on the Mediteranean coast. People who go there to photograph the stunning views usually stay a couple of nights and ...